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Students may request validation at any time for activities between May-December 2015. Deadline to submit requests for CCR recognition will be December 31, 2015. Validation will occur Jan 1-15. The validation process formally recognizes a student’s participation in a co-curricular experience. The supervisor of the experience acts as validator to confirm the participant has met … Read more
Follow UFV Research, Engagement and Graduate Studies on Twitter @ufvResearchServ to get the latest updates on research ethics, grants and scholarships, research office news and important deadlines. https://twitter.com/ufvResearchServ For more information, contact Jennifer MacDonald at jennifer.macdonald@ufv.ca 04/30/2016
A message from Provost and VP Academic Eric Davis and the UFV 2025 Visioning Committee: What FIVE GOALS must UFV achieve? Come and create the Education Plan, 2016–20 on Fri, Nov 20. The visioning exercise began with this question: What should UFV look like in 2025? Your voices and your ideas have helped shape our answer: … Read more
UFV alumna Bonnie Reilly Schmidt will launch her new book on women’s experience in the RCMP on Nov 17 at 4 pm in the rotunda outside of the Abbotsford library. Silenced: The Untold Story of the Fight for Equality in the RCMP, offers a comprehensive history of women in the RCMP from 1873 until today. … Read more
Forty years ago it was rare to see a woman in a police uniform. And when you did, chances are she was in a skirt and kept her gun in her purse. Now women comprise 20 percent of all police officers in Canada. Women in policing have faced challenges along the way, and many have … Read more
President Mark Evered met with entrance scholarship recipients recently to welcome them to UFV. See photos here. Many supporters of UFV braved heavy rain on Nov 12 to come to UFV’s inaugural Town and Gown fundraising dinner and boost UFV scholarships. See photos here and a Storify summary of the evening here. And here are … Read more
Olav Lian’s optical dating procedure at the UFV Luminescence Dating Laboratory is highlighted in this list of cool tools being used by projects associated with research think tank the Hakai Institute.
Join us for the first look at the Peru study tour photo exhibit. Tues, Nov 17 at 3:30pm in the UFV Global Lounge (B223). This exhibit is a collaboration between the departments of history and fashion design. This study tour explored the valleys and peaks of Peru! Join us for a visual tour of the … Read more
It was an ultra artistic day at The Reach Gallery Museum in early October when a multitude of UFV arts disciplines converged for an art marathon as part of Creativalley festivities. Joy TV’s Fraser Focus show came and did a piece on it that really captured the spirit of the day. The segment features several … Read more
Teaching and Learning welcomes Rita Atake, the new coordinator of the Academic Success Centre. Rita has 15 years of administrative as well as teaching experience. Her educational background includes an undergraduate degree in English and literature and a master’s degree in communications studies. She has worked collaboratively with faculty and other areas in post-secondary institutions … Read more
Fashion Design alumna Adelle Renaud was on CBC’s Dragons Den on Nov 4 with her business associate, Canadian women’s national soccer team goalkeeper Erin McLeod, successfully pitching their company Peau de Loup, which designs clothing for women with a tomboy twist. See it here.
Satwinder Bains, director of the Centre for Indo-Canadian Studies, was interviewed by CBC’s The National on Nov 5 on significance of the appointment of four members of the Sikh faith to the new Liberal government’s first cabinet. See it here. She was also quoted in an article on the same topic in the Globe and … Read more
The UFV Teacher Education department is offering a summer institute in teacher education titled Innovative Teaching Practices for 21st Century Students in July 2016. This SITE provides exciting opportunities for local, national, and international educators to engage in powerful professional development and qualify for possible TQS (Teacher Qualification Service) category upgrade. Our theme for SITE … Read more
UFV has redesigned its online academic calendar. The changes were made along with the publishing of the new Winter/Summer 2016 calendar on Nov 2. The main updates to the calendar include: Mobile-friendly design, allowing students and other users to better view and navigate the calendar on phones and tablets. A visual update, to better reflect … Read more
As usually happens, things got a little freaky at UFV around Halloween. Employee parties on the Abbotsford and Chilliwack campuses on Oct 30 made from some creepy and fun photo ops. See them here. The UFV Bookstore held a successful Customer Appreciation Day on Oct 28, including the now legendary UFV swag fashion show! See … Read more